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Advancetown

Advancetown is a rural outer locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Advancetown
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The place

Advancetown is a rural outer locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Advancetown had a population of 528 people.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Advancetown

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Springbrook National Park

    The Springbrook National Park is a protected national park in the Gold Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia. The 6,197-hectare park is situated on the McPherson Range, near Springbrook, approximately 100 kilometres south of Brisbane.

    7.6 km · national park in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Robina Stadium

    Robina Stadium is a stadium located in the Gold Coast suburb of Robina. It is primarily used for rugby league as the home ground of the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.

    9.8 km · Stadium in Robina, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Mount Nimmel

    Mount Nimmel is a small mountain located in Springbrook, part of the Gold Coast hinterland of South East Queensland, Australia. Nimmel is an Australian indigenous word meaning 'Conspicuous Mountain', which is ironic, considering it is very small when compared to the nearby Springbrook Mountain, Tamborine Mountain and Mount Cougal's twin peaks.

    8.9 km · mountain in Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Little Nerang Dam

    The Little Nerang Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Little Nerang Creek, in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply of the Gold Coast region.

    8 km · dam in Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Numinbah Valley School of Arts

    Numinbah Valley School of Arts is a heritage-listed school of arts at Nerang–Murwillumbah Road, Numinbah Valley, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 December 2007.

    9.1 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    William Duncan State School

    William Duncan State School is a public co-educational primary school located in the City of Gold Coast suburb of Highland Park, Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 570 students and a teaching staff of 45, as of 2023.

    8.4 km · government primary school in Highland Park, QLD, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Hinze Dam

    The Hinze Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam across the Nerang River, in the Gold Coast hinterland of South East Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply of the Gold Coast region.

    2.4 km · dam in Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Schmidt Farmhouse

    Schmidt Farmhouse & Outbuildings is a heritage-listed homestead at 3 Worongary Road, Worongary, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It was built from the 1880s to c. 1910.

    7.4 km · heritage-listed homestead · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    H2 Hinde Tree

    The H2 Hinde Tree is a heritage-listed tree of the species Macadamia integrifolia at Colliston, 926 Gilston Road, Gilston, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 14 August 2008.

    3.3 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Advancetown

Airports
Gold Coast (OOL), 25 km · Brisbane (BNE), 78 km · Toowoomba Wellcamp (WTB), 157 km
Stations
Robina railway station, 9.7 km
  • Brisbane → Advancetown
    71 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · A$10–13
  • Toowoomba → Advancetown
    141 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · A$22–30
  • Maroochydore → Advancetown
    158 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · A$22–30
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Advancetown

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Advancetown. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundTranslink is responsible for all trains, buses, ferries and trams in South East Queensland and regional urban buses.
  • Get aroundBuses and ferries have validators to touch as you board and alight.

From Wikivoyage: Gold Coast, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    319 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,734 km
  3. 03
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    1,777 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,257 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,027 km

If you know how people move in Advancetown – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Advancetown

Advancetown is 17 km from Gold Coast, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Nerangsuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia9.5 km
  • Lower Beechmontlocality in Queensland, Australia4.2 km
  • Tallaisuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia5 km
  • Worongarysuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia6.6 km
  • Bonoginlocality in Queensland, Australia9.5 km
  • Merrimacsuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia8.9 km